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Regional 4D-Var

Regional 4D-Var. Hans Huang NCAR Acknowledgements: NCAR/MMM/DAS USWRP , NSF-OPP, NCAR AFWA , KMA, CWB, CAA, EUMETSAT, AirDat Dale Barker (UKMO), Nils Gustafsson and Per Dahlgren ( SMHI). Outline. 4D-Var formulation and “why regional?” The WRFDA approach

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Regional 4D-Var

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  1. Regional 4D-Var Hans Huang NCAR Acknowledgements: NCAR/MMM/DAS USWRP, NSF-OPP, NCAR AFWA, KMA, CWB, CAA, EUMETSAT, AirDat Dale Barker (UKMO), Nils Gustafsson and Per Dahlgren (SMHI)

  2. Outline • 4D-Var formulation and “why regional?” • The WRFDA approach • Issues specific to regional 4D-Var • Summary

  3. 4D-Var

  4. Why 4D-Var? • Use observations over a time interval, which suits most asynoptic data and uses tendency information from observations. • Use a forecast model as a constraint, which enhances the dynamic balance of the analysis. • Implicitly use flow-dependent background errors, which ensures the analysis quality for fast-developing weather systems. • NOT easy to build and maintain!

  5. Why regional? High resolution model Regional observation network Radar data and other high resolution observing systems (including satellites) Cloud- and precipitation-affected satellite observations Model B with only regional balance considerations, e.g. tropical B …

  6. Regional 4D-Var systems Zupanski M (1993); the Eta model Zou, et al. (1995); MM5 Sun and Crook (1998); a cloud model Huang, et al. (2002), Gustafsson et al. (2012); HIRLAM Zupanski M, et al. (2005); RAMS Ishikawa, et al. (2005); the JMA mesoscale model Lorenc, et al (2007); UK Met Office UM Tanguay, et al. (2012); Canadian LAM … Huang, et al. (2009); WRF

  7. HIRLAM tests: 3D-Var vs 4D-Var Nils Gustafsson (SMHI) • SMHI area, 22 km, 40 levels, HIRLAM 7.2, KF/RK, statistical balance background constraint, reference system background error statistics (scaling 0.9), no ”large-scale mix”, 4 months, operational SMHI observations and boundaries • 3D-Var with FGAT, 40 km increments, quadratic grid, incremental digital filter initialization • 4D-Var, 6h assimilation window, Meteo-France simplified physics (vertical diffusion only), weak digital filter constraint, no explicit initialization. • One experiment with one outer loop iteration (60 km increments) and one experiment with two outer loop iterations (60 km and 40 km increments)

  8. Nils Gustafsson

  9. Nils Gustafsson

  10. Nils Gustafsson

  11. Nils Gustafsson

  12. Outline • 4D-Var formulation and “why regional?” • The WRFDA approach WRFDA is a Data Assimilation system built within the WRF software framework, used for application in both research and operational environments…. • Issues specific to regional 4D-Var • Summary

  13. Goal: Community WRF DA system for • regional/global, • research/operations, and • deterministic/probabilistic applications. • Techniques: • 3D-Var • 4D-Var (regional) • Ensemble DA • Hybrid Variational/Ensemble DA • Model: WRF (ARW, NMM, Global) • Observations: Conv. + Sat. + Radar (+Bogus) WRFDA Overview

  14. www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda

  15. Recent Tutorials at NCAR Practice • WRFDA Overview • Observation Pre-processing • WRFDA System • WRFDA Set-up, Run • WRFDA Background Error Estimations • Radar Data • Satellite Data • WRF 4D-Var • WRF Hybrid Data Assimilation System • WRFDA Tools and Verification • Observation Sensitivity • obsproc • wrfda (3D-Var) • Single-ob tests • Gen_be • Radar • Radiance • 4D-Var • Hybrid • Advanced (optional)

  16. Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE)2010-09-11-00 +6h precipitation (IC and BC come from +12h forecast from 2010-09-10-12 NCEP FNL)

  17. Sample the hourly precipitation obs. based on the NA METAR sta.(2066) + random error (<±1 mm)

  18. +6h total precipitation simulations Control 4DVAR “OBS” control 4dvar obs

  19. A short list of 4D-Var issues

  20. (WRFDA) Observations, y • Bogus: • TC bogus. • Global bogus. • In-Situ: • Surface (SYNOP, METAR, SHIP, BUOY). • Upper air (TEMP, PIBAL, AIREP, ACARS, TAMDAR). • Remotely sensed retrievals: • Atmospheric Motion Vectors (geo/polar). • SATEM thickness. • Ground-based GPS Total Precipitable Water/Zenith Total Delay. • SSM/I oceanic surface wind speed and TPW. • Scatterometer oceanic surface winds. • Wind Profiler. • Radar radial velocities and reflectivities. • Satellite temperature/humidity/thickness profiles. • GPS refractivity (e.g. COSMIC). • Radiative Transfer (RTTOV or CRTM): • HIRS from NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, METOP-2 • AMSU-A from NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, EOS-Aqua, METOP-2 • AMSU-B from NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17 • MHS from NOAA-18, METOP-2 • AIRS from EOS-Aqua • SSMIS from DMSP-16

  21. H - Observation operator H maps variables from “model space” to “observation space” x y • Interpolations from model grids to observation locations • Extrapolations using PBL schemes • Time integration using full NWP models (4D-Var in generalized form) • Transformations of model variables (u, v, T, q, ps, etc.) to “indirect” observations (e.g. satellite radiance, radar radial winds, etc.) • Simple relations like PW, radial wind, refractivity, … • Radar reflectivity • Radiative transfer models • Precipitation using simple or complex models • … !!! Need H, H and HT, not H-1 !!!

  22. 4D-Var • Use observations over a time interval, which suits most asynoptic data and use tendency information from observations. • Use a forecast model as a constraint, which enhances the dynamic balance of the analysis. • Implicitly use flow-dependent background errors, which ensures the analysis quality for fast-developing weather systems. • NOT easy to build and maintain!

  23. Radiance Observation Forcing at 7 data slots

  24. A short list of 4D-Var issues

  25. Model-Based Estimation of Climatological Background Errors • Assume background error covariance estimated by model perturbations x’ : Two ways of defining x’: • The NMC-method (Parrish and Derber 1992): where e.g. t2=24hr, t1=12hr forecasts… • …or ensemble perturbations (Fisher 2003): • Tuning via innovation vector statistics and/or variational methods.

  26. Single observation experiment- one way to view the structure of B The solution of 3D-Var should be Single observation

  27. Example of B3D-Var response to a single ps observation Pressure, Temperature Wind Speed, Vector, v-wind component.

  28. Examples of B T increments : T Observation (1 Deg , 0.001 error around 850 hPa) B from NMC method B from ensemble method

  29. Incremental WRFDA Jb Preconditioning • Define preconditioned control variablev space transform where U transform CAREFULLY chosen to satisfy Bo = UUT. • Choose (at least assume) control variable components with uncorrelated errors: • where n~number pieces of independent information.

  30. WRFDA Background Error Modeling Up: Change of variable, impose balance. Uv: Vertical correlations EOF Decomposition Uh: RF = Recursive Filter, e.g. Purser et al 2003

  31. WRFDA Background Error Modeling Up: Change of variable, impose balance. Uv: Vertical correlations EOF Decomposition Uh: RF = Recursive Filter, e.g. Purser et al 2003

  32. WRFDA Background Error Modeling Up: Change of variable, impose balance. Uv: Vertical correlations EOF Decomposition Uh: RF = Recursive Filter, e.g. Purser et al 2003

  33. WRFDA Background Error Modeling Define control variables: Up: Change of variable, impose balance. Uv: Vertical correlations EOF Decomposition Uh: RF = Recursive Filter, e.g. Purser et al 2003

  34. Define statistical balance after Wu et al (2002): • How good are these balance constraints? Test on KMA global model data. Plot correlation between “Full” and balanced components of field: WRFDA Statistical Balance Constraints

  35. Why 4D-Var? • Use observations over a time interval, which suits most asynoptic data and use tendency information from observations. • Use a forecast model as a constraint, which enhances the dynamic balance of the analysis. • Implicitly use flow-dependent background errors, which ensures the analysis quality for fast-developing weather systems. • NOT easy to build and maintain!

  36. Single observation experiment The idea behind single ob tests: The solution of 3D-Var should be Single observation 3D-Var  4D-Var: HHM; HHM; HTMTHT The solution of 4D-Var should be Single observation, solution at observation time

  37. Analysis increments of 500mb q from 3D-Var at 00h and from 4D-Var at 06h due to a 500mb T observation at 06h + + 3D-Var 4D-Var

  38. + OBS 500mb q increments at 00,01,02,03,04,05,06h to a 500mb T ob at 06h

  39. + OBS 500mb q difference at 00,01,02,03,04,05,06h from two nonlinear runs (one from background; one from 4D-Var)

  40. + OBS 500mb q difference at 00,01,02,03,04,05,06h from two nonlinear runs (one from background; one from FGAT)

  41. Control of noise: Jc

  42. Cost functions when minimize J=Jb+Jo Cost functions when minimize J=Jb+Jo +Jc df = 0.1

  43. 3-hour Surface Pressure Tendency

  44. (Dry) Surface Pressure Tendency DFI No DFI

  45. Outline • 4D-Var formulation and “why regional?” • The WRFDA approach • Issues specific to regional 4D-Var • Summary

  46. Issues specific to regional 4D-Var • Control of lateral boundaries. • Control of the large scales or coupling to a large scale model? • Mesoscale balances.

  47. Options for LBC in 4D-Var(Nils Gustafsson) • Trust the large scale model providing the LBC. Apply relaxation toward zero on the lateral boundaries during the integration of the TL and AD models in regional 4D-Var. This, however, will have some negative effects: • Larger scale increments as provided via the background error constraint may be filtered during the forward TL model integration. • Observations close the the lateral boundaries will have reduced effect. In particular, information from observations downstream of the lateral boundaries and from the end of the assimilation window will be filtered due to the adjoint model LBC relaxation. 2. Control the lateral boundary conditions.

  48. Control of Lateral Boundary Conditions in 4DVAR (JMA, HIRLAM and WRF) 1) Introduce the LBCs at the end of the data assimilation window as assimilation control variables (full model state = double size control vector) 2) Introduce the adjoints of the Davies LBC relaxation scheme and the time interpolation of the LBCs 3) Introduce a “smoothing and balancing” constraint for the LBCs into the cost function to be minimized J = Jb + Jo + Jc + Jlbc where

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